Leith_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1918
Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.
Quick Facts 1832–1918, Seats ...
Leith Burghs | |
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Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Edinburgh[1] and Midlothian[2] |
Replaced by | Leith Edinburgh East |
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In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.
More information Election, Party ...
Election | Member [3][4][5] | Party | |
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1832 | John Murray | Whig[6] | |
1839 by-election | Andrew Rutherfurd | Whig[6][7] | |
1851 by-election | James Moncreiff | Whig[8] | |
1859 | Sir William Miller | Liberal | |
1865 | Sir William Miller | Liberal | |
1868 | Robert Andrew Macfie | Liberal | |
1874 | Donald Robert Macgregor | Liberal | |
1878 | Andrew Grant | Liberal | |
1885 | William Jacks | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1886 | William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal | |
1886 | Ronald Munro Ferguson | Liberal | |
1914 | George Welsh Currie | Unionist | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
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Elections in the 1830s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,624 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,838 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Archibald Murray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,171 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1840s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,732 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Rutherfurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,888 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1850s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | 643 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | T. W. Henderson | 407 | 38.8 | ||
Majority | 236 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,050 | 51.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,027 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Moncreiff | 821 | 53.9 | −7.3 | |
Liberal | William Miller | 701 | 46.1 | New | |
Majority | 120 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,522 | 77.1 | +25.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,973 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Miller | 904 | 54.8 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Andrew Macfie | 746 | 45.2 | New | |
Majority | 158 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,650 | 77.1 | 0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,139 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1860s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Miller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,672 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Andrew Macfie | 2,907 | 55.7 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | William Miller | 2,310 | 44.3 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 597 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,217 | 83.8 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,223 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1870s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Donald Robert Macgregor | 4,489 | 69.8 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Andrew Macfie | 1,945 | 30.2 | −25.5 | |
Majority | 2,544 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,434 | 78.0 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,248 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Grant | 4,929 | 73.4 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | C. W. Tennant | 1,788 | 26.6 | New | |
Majority | 3,141 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,717 | 69.0 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,739 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Grant | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,333 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Jacks | 6,355 | 71.9 | ||
Conservative | William David Thorburn | 2,485 | 28.1 | ||
Majority | 3,870 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,840 | 75.0 | |||
Registered electors | 11,779 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone[9] | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 4,204 | 58.2 | ||
Ind. Liberal Unionist | Donald Robert Macgregor[10] | 1,528 | 21.1 | ||
Liberal Unionist | William Jacks | 1,499 | 20.7 | ||
Ind. Liberal Unionist | Henry Munster[11] | 3 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | 2,676 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,234 | 61.4 | |||
Registered electors | 11,779 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 5,738 | 58.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Alexander Bell | 4,095 | 41.6 | +20.9 | |
Majority | 1,643 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,833 | 74.5 | +13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,198 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 5,819 | 55.4 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Wilson | 4,494 | 44.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,325 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 10,313 | 73.8 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,982 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 6,043 | 53.6 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edward Theodore Salvesen | 5,226 | 46.4 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 817 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,269 | 72.8 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 15,484 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 7,677 | 61.2 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Frank T. Cooper KC | 4,865 | 38.8 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 2,802 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,542 | 73.9 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 16,974 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 7,146 | 49.6 | −11.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Sir Robert Cranston | 4,540 | 31.5 | −7.3 | |
Labour | William Walker | 2,724 | 18.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,606 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 14,410 | 83.0 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 17,351 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ronald Munro Ferguson | 7,069 | 57.2 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Frederick Alexander Macquisten | 5,284 | 42.8 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 1,785 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,353 | 68.7 | −14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 17,987 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Welsh Currie | 5,159 | 37.8 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Smith | 5,143 | 37.7 | −19.5 | |
Labour | Joseph Nicholas Bell | 3,346 | 24.5 | New | |
Majority | 16 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 13,648 | 77.1 | |||
Registered electors | 17,705 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.3 | |||
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- Fisher, David R. "Edinburgh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Fisher, David R. "Edinburghshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 554–555. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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- Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 206–207. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via Google Books.
- "Representation of Leith". Carlisle Journal. 27 April 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Nairnshire Mirror, and General Advertiser". 12 April 1851. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- At the 1886 general election, William Ewart Gladstone was returned unopposed, but being also elected for Edinburghshire, he elected to sit for the latter constituency, and a new election was held on 20 August 1886
- Macgregor was supported by the local Conservative Association
- At the by-election in 1886, Munster withdrew from the election after nominations had closed
- Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916